ROCKTON — Hononegah rushed for 442 yards and had five touchdowns in its first-round 7A football playoff game and earned a 35-14 win over Highland Park on Saturday.

Hononegah (8-2), seeded eighth in the bracket, trailed 14-13 at halftime, but scored 22 unanswered points in the second half. Hononegah had 467 yards of total offense, compared with Highland Park’s 280.

Alex Martin and Jake Wilson each had 205 yards in rushing. Martin carried 34 times and had two rushing touchdowns, while Wilson had 27 attempts with two TDs.

“We complement each other,” Martin said. “If they try to stop me, then Jake comes out and gets it and I block for him. He blocks for me when I have the ball. It’s nice to have someone like that on the team.”

Hononegah went up 28-14 in the third quarter, but the Giants (7-3) blotched an opportunity to cut into the lead. Giants quarterback Tommy Sutker, who hurt his knee last week, was sacked on a fourth-and-9 play at the Hononegah 15.

“Our quarterback was playing on one leg today,” Giants coach Hal Chiodo said. “He didn’t practice all week. It was a very gusty effort on his part. He just couldn’t get anything going on his throws. We could throw the ball on them. I would have liked to have played that game with Tommy healthy, but it’s football and that’s part of it.”

Highland Park, seeded ninth, was making its first playoff appearance in three years. Sutker threw for 257 yards and had 6-yard TD run and threw a 6-yard TD pass to Grant Paley that put the Giants up 14-13.

Martin’s 1-yard run and Wilson’s PAT rush gave the Indians a 21-14 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish to open the third quarter.

“We knew we didn’t want to go out like this,” Wilson said. “At halftime, we talked about not ending our season on a bad note, so we came together and pushed through it.”